CLIENTS :

Google
The New York Times
Warby Parker
hims & hers
The Atlantic
Bon Appétit
MTA Arts + Design
& more!

Contact | jordan@jordanbruner.net

Representation in the USA | Sunday Afternoon
Audrie Poole | Audrie@sundayafternoon.us

Representation in Europe | Troublemakers
James Hagger | james@troublemakers.tv

Jordan Bruner is a Motion & Creative Director, Designer, and Illustrator. She’s created work across disciplines for clients including The New York Times, Google, Amazon, Warby Parker and the Atlantic. In 2013, she received the Art Directors Club Young Guns Award. Her films have screened at festivals worldwide, including Pictoplasma and the LA Film Festival, and her illustration work has been honored by the Society of Illustrators and American Illustration. Her work has been exhibited at CADAF Miami, and she’s created multiple installations with the MTA Arts and Design program in NYC. She currently teaches animation at Virginia Commonwealth University and co-founded the Richmond Animation Festival in 2023. After spending over a decade in NYC, she moved to Richmond, VA where she lives with her husband Zack Williams and very cute whippets Zukini and Cezar.

Awards
D&AD | Google Pixel | Wood Pencil | Crafts for Advertising | Animation & Illustration for Digital Marketing | 2018
Asifa | Craft Award : Excellence in Design | Honorable Mention | 2018
Asifa | Commissioned Films over Two Minutes | 2018
American Illustration | International Motion Art Awards 6 | Conception | 2018
D&AD | Crafts for Advertising - Sneaker Dreams Campaign | 2016
D&AD | Outdoor Advertising - Sneaker Dreams Campaign | 2016
Society of Illustrators 58 | ADC Rare For a Reason | 2016
CLIO Silver | Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Print Technique Illustration | 2015
CLIO Bronze | Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Print Technique Art Direction | 2015
CLIO Bronze | Sneaker Freaker – Sneaker Dreams Campaign (Rockets, Adorable, Float, Grip, Soft) – Out Of Home Poster | 2015
KINSALE Silver | Sneaker Freaker - Print Campaign | 2015
KINSALE Bronze | Sneaker Freaker - Poster | 2015
ADC Young Gun | 2013
Best Animated Film, Commissioned | Tourniquet by Hem | SoDak Animation Festival, Billings, SD | 2013
Special Mention Award | Tourniquet by Hem | Fest Anca | Zilina, Solvakia | 2013
Best New Media | Music Video Category | Tourniquet by Hem | World Arts Film Festival, Jacksonville, FL | 2013
Emmy Award Nomination, Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft | Graphic Design And Art Direction | 2008 | New York, NY

Speaking + Teaching
VCU School of the Arts | Adjunct Professor, Animated Storytelling // Spring 2024
VCU School of the Arts | Commencement Speaker // May 2023
VCU School of the Arts | Adjunct Professor, Animated Storytelling // Fall 2020
University of Indianapolis | January 2018
Pictoplasma NYC | November 2017
School of Visual Arts | NYC | July 2017
Playgrounds Festival | Amsterdam | November 2016

Solo Exhibitions
Wild Women in the Wild | Pairos Gallery | Richmond, VA | May 2023

Group Exhibitions
Cabin Fever | 1708 Gallery | Richmond, VA | 2024
Grand Central Madison Station | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | 2023
Yungspace Gallery | NYC | 2020
Fulton Center | MTA Arts and Design | NYC | March 2020
CADAF | Miami | December 2019
ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2019
ANNY Best of Fest AR Exhibit | NYC | 2018
Women Who Draw | University of Indianapolis | 2018
Then We Were Animating | Fine Arts Building Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | 2014

Selected Press
2024 | RVA Mag
2023 | MTA Arts + Design, VCU
2022 | NYTimes
2019 | Nasdaq
2018 | Stash
2017 | Variety Magazine Nov 2017
2015 | Creativity Online
2014 | Communication Arts Magazine | Design Taxi | Tin House | Stash
2013 | Fubiz | Girl Crush  | IMVDb | 1.4 | Motionographer | Creative Review
2012 | Boooooooom | Citylikeyou
2011 | Style Weekly

Selected Screenings
Conception
Pictoplasma | Berlin | May 2018
AFI Festival | LA | November 2018

And Then We Were Jumping
Northwest Animation Festival | Portland, Oregon | May 2015
CutOut Fest | Querétaro, Mexico | 2014
Animation Block Party | Brooklyn, NY | 2014
SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2014
London International Film Festival | 2014
Fest Anča | Žilina, Slovakia | June 2014
Pris Ars Electronica | Linz, Austria | 2014
World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
Pictoplasma | Berlin | April 2014
Anima Festival | Brussels | Feb 2014

Tourniqet
Short Shorts Film Festival | Tokyo, Japan | May 2014
Northwest Animation Festival | Portland, Oregon | May 2014
World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
Anima Festival | Brussels | January 2014
CinAnima | Espinho, Portugal | 2013
anim'fest | Bucharest, Romania | 2013
CutOut Fest | Querétaro, Mexico | 2013
Zwiebeln Animation Festival | Düsseldorf, Germany | 2013
Córdoba International Animation Festival | Córdoba, Argentina | 2013
SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2013
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival | Bristol, UK | September 2013
Fest Anča | Žilina, Slovakia | June 2013
LA Film Festival | Los Angeles, CA | June 2013
World Arts Festival | Jacksonville, FL | April 2013 | Winner - Best New Media
Speakeasy Cinema | Melbourne, Australia | February 2013
Festival de Cine CreatRivas | Madrid, Spain | February 2013
Transitions Film Festival | Melbourne, Australia | January 2013

Anklebiters
World Festival of Animated Films Animafest Zagreb | June 2014
Anima Festival | Brussels | January 2014

Travelbird
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film | Stuttgart, Germany | April 2014

The Leaf Woman and the Centaur
Filmwerkplaats | WORM | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2013
Animation Block Party | New York | 2011
James River Film Festival | Richmond, VA | 2011
Wassaic Summer Festival | Wassaic, NY | 2011
SoDak Animation Festival | South Dakota | 2011
Best of Animation Block Party | Los Angeles | 2011